David Cobham is a UK Film and TV producer and director, notable for the film Tarka the Otter

Tarka the Otter (1979 film)

Tarka the Otter is a film made in 1979, based on the novel of the same name by Henry Williamson. In the summer of 1976, Peter Talbot was asked by film producers David Cobham and Bill Travers to hand raise a baby otter called Spade, specifically for the film...

. He also directed children's TV series Bernard's Watch

Bernard's Watch

Bernard's Watch is a British television programme filmed and created by amateur director Eleanor Casson primarily at South Wilford CofE Primary School, Nottingham, about a young boy who can stop time with a magical pocket watch. Five original series aired from 14 November 1997 to mid-2001 which...

, Brendon Chase

Brendon Chase

Brendon Chase is a children's novel by Denys Watkins-Pitchford, writing as "BB". It was published in 1944, but is set at an earlier, unspecified date...

, Out of Sight

Out of Sight (TV series)

Out of Sight was a British children's television programme airing on CITV between 7 November 1996 and 10 December 1998. The series ran for 3 seasons and 27 episodes and made by Central Independent Television, the producers of Woof!.-Story:...

 and Woof

Woof

Woof may refer to:* Bark , the sound a dog makes* Weft in weaving, the threads or yarn that run from side to side on a loomIn music:* Woof , a record label* "Woof" , a 1999 single from rapper Snoop Dogg...

. Other work includes wildlife programmes, the films The Goshawk (1968), To Build a Fire

To Build a Fire

"To Build a Fire" is a short story by American author Jack London. The famous version of this story was published in 1908. London published an earlier and radically different version in 1902 in which the protagonist survives his ordeal, and a comparison of the two provides a dramatic illustration...

 (1969), Survival in Limbo (1976) starring Duncan Carse

Duncan Carse

Duncan Carse was born in 1913 and attended Sherborne School. A British actor and explorer, he died on 2 May 2004, aged 90. He had lived in Fittleworth, West Sussex, for over 40 years. His father was the artist A...

, Seal Morning (1986) and the BBC TV series about Japan, In the Shadow of Fujisan (2009). He is married to Liza Goddard

Liza Goddard

Liza Goddard is an English television and stage actress best known for her work in the 1970s and 1980s.-Early life:Goddard was born in Smethwick, West Midlands, England...

, who was the president of the Hawk and Owl Trust from 2001 to 2010, and he is vice-president.